The people that put it all together

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, December 30, 2001

Furniture/Today's editorial staff — a team of 35 editors, reporters, researchers and layout and graphics specialists — works hard to present industry news and analysis throughout the year. Here's a look at the people behind the year's 50 issues as well as the variety of supplements and special projects.

Editors

Ray Allegrezza Editor in Chief rallegrezza@cahners.com

Jay McIntosh News Editor jmcintosh@cahners.com

Vicky Jarrett Special Projects Editor vjarrett@cahners.com

Tony Bengel Senior Editor tbengel@cahners.com

Writers

David Perry Executive Editor dperry@cahners.com

Bedding

Gary Evans Senior Editor glevans@cahners.com

Stationary upholstery, retail technology, business

Larry Thomas Business Editor l.thomas@cahners.com

Motion upholstery, gliders, recliners, business

Clint Engel Senior Retail Editor clinte@cahners.com

Brian Carroll E-commerce Editor bcarroll@cahners.com

International, Internet

Powell Slaughter Case Goods Editor pslaughter@cahners.com

Bedroom, dining room

Joan Gunin Leather Editor j.gunin@cahners.com

Leather upholstery, promotional upholstery, wicker and rattan, video catalogs

Susan M. Andrews Fabric Editor sandrews@cahners.com

Jeff Linville Staff Writer jlinville@cahners.com

Youth bedroom, occasional, home entertainment, casual dining

Kim Mack Editorial Assistant kmack@cahners.com

Industry calendar of events Contributors

Lissa Wyman Rug Editor LuckyLissa@aol.com

Carole Sloan Senior Editor

Department stores, mass merchants, fibers

Tom Edmonds Contributing Editor thedmonds@earthlink.net

RTA, retailers, retail buying groups

Michael J. Knell Canadian correspondent michael.knell@sympatico.ca

Copy/layout

This team shares the responsibility of designing and laying out the pages of Furniture/Today and its supplements.

Fran Marshall Copy/Layout Editor fmarshall@cahners.com

People Today

Elena Strickler Copy/Layout Editor estrickler@cahners.com

Carol Trader Copy/Layout Editor ctrader@cahners.com

Store Openings

Art and graphics

The three-person graphics department has a combined 30 years experience on Furniture/Today and its supplements, handling charts, graphs, photography and design for the publications.

Jean Bushawn Graphics Director bushawn@cahners.com

Robin Mykytyn Graphics Manager r.mykytyn@cahners.com

Ronda Whitaker Graphics Manager rwhitaker@cahners.com

Web site

Furniture/Today and its supplements offer complementary Web sites that enhance the coverage offered in the print publications.

Karen G. McCullough Senior Web Editor kmccullough@cahners.com

Chris R. Schultz Web Editor cschultz@cahners.com

Supplements

Kids Today and SoHo Today are regular supplements to Furniture/Today, focusing on the youth home furnishings and small office/home office segments, respectively.

Sheila Long O'Mara Editor, Kids Today somara@cahners.com

Gary James Editor, SoHo Today gjames@cahners.com

Jenny Heinzen York Managing Editor, Kids Today, SoHo Today jheinzen@cahners.com

Research

This group is responsible for the development of charts and graphs used in Furniture/Today and its supplements. The team also handles various rankings, stocks and quarterly earnings stories in the Business Today section.

Kay Anderson Director of Market Research kanderson@cahners.com

Janice Chamberlain Senior Research Specialist jchamberlain@cahners.com

Dana French Research Specialist dfrench@cahners.com

Judi Fulbright Research Specialist jfulbright@cahners.com

Daphne Garland-McLean Research Specialist dgmclean@cahners.com

Cynthia Myers Database Coordinator cmyers@cahners.com